Furniture.



L. COURTML FURNITURE. APPLICATION FILED FEB- 20, I917 1,249,721. Patented Dec. 11,1911.v

UNITED STATES PATENT onnron.

LOUIS COURTIAL, OF LYON, FRANCE.

FURNITURE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dee. 11, 191W,

Application filed February 20, 1917. Serial No. 149,797;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS CoUR'riAL, a citizen of the Republic of France, and resident of Lyon, France, 13 Rue Malesherbes,

have invented a new and useful Improveerings for the seat, back and arms may be quickly and easily removed and new upholstery or coverings substituted.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 represents a front view of a chair embodying my invention, certain parts being shown in section and other parts broken away to show some of the fastening-means.

Fig. 2 represents a vertical central section taken in the plane of the line AA of Fig. 1, and also a vertical central section through the arm upholstery and fastening means.

Fig. 3 represents a horizontal section through the arms and the back frame mom hers showing the seat frame with the cover attaching means at the corners.

Fig. 41 represents an enlarged detail sectional view, showing the coverattaching and tlti till

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locking means.

Fig. 5 represents a view of portion of the hackof the chair, showing the fastening means. C

liig. 6 represents an inverted plan view of a portion of the seat cover, showing one ar rangement of the hook carrying strips.

Fig. 7 represents a similar view showing another arrangement of the hook carrying strips, and

Fig. 8 represents an enlarged detailed sec tional view of the front seat frame member, showing the cover fastening means.

The frame of the back of the chair is denoted by 1, and has the usual rabbet 2 in which the back of the chair rests. The legs of the chair are denoted by 3, the arms by 41-, and the frame members of the seat by 5. The back is made up of the plate 6, covered with the usual upholstery material, such as hair or the like, and with a suitable upholstering cloth 7, which is riveted to the edges of the plate 6, or sewed thereto, through holes provided for that purpose. lthe'plate it is out to fit into the rahbet 2 of the frame 1, and may be made of a thin sheet of metal or other suitable material. The plate 6 with its stalling material and cover 7 forming the upholstered back of the chair, is held in place by pins 8 which enter slots 9 in the frame 1, and pass through loops 10 in the plate 6, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. i The pins 8, which are sui'licient in number to securely hold the back to the frame have their ends 11 upturned to facilitate their insertion and removal.

The seat 12 of the chairispermanently attached thereto and constructed in the usual manner with springs and hair or other suitable filling material covered with a first sheet of strong cloth permanently fastened in any suitable manner to the tops of the seatframe members 5. A removable cover 13 for the seat 12, is cut in the form and to the dimensions desired in order to completely cover the seat 12 and to fold down on to the horizontal frame members 5.

Attached to the edges of the cover 13, is a strip 1 1 which. may be of any suitable mas tcrial, such sheet steel, to which strip attached a number of hooks '15. To the seat frame members 5, at the corners adja cent the legs 3, are attached angle iron. pieces 16 which are spaced a slight distance from the frame members 5, in order to pro vide space foirthe insertion of the Hat looking plates 17 between the seat members and the angle iron pieces 16. The locking plates 17 which have handles 18 to facilitate their movement, are provided with a series of holes 19 adapted to register with similar holes 20 in the angle iron pieces 16.

Sockets-21 are located in the upperface of the rear and inthe vertical exterior faces of the side and front seat frame members 5. The sockets 21 are partially closed by means of a strip22, securely fastened to the frame in any suitable manner.

The removable cover for the seat is placed in position in the following manner:

"When the angle iron pieces 16 and the loclring plates 17 have been put in position so that the holes 19 and 20 register, the cover 13 is stretched over the seat 12 and the hooks forced through the holes 19, 20. The locking plates 17 are then moved through the medium of the handles 18, until they as sume the position illustrated in Fig. 1, in which position they loclr the hoolrs 15 in the holes of the angle iron pieces and thus firmly secure the cover at its four corners.

The margins of the cover are then drawn down on to the seat frame members 5 until the hooks 15 pass the strips 22 andenter the sockets 21. The flexibility of the strip 14: Will tend to keep the hooks in the sockets 21, after they are in place, but if it is desired to more firmly fasten the hooks in the sockets, locking plates, similar to locking plates 17, may be used.

If; it, is thought desirable, additional means for fastening the removable cover to the seat may be used. Fig.7. shows attached to the cover 13, an additional strip 23, provided with hooks similar to hooks 15, which are adapted to enter the sockets 24 on the horizontal faces of the side and front seat framemembers 5, as shown in Fig. 8.

Theremovable upholstery for the arms 4, consists of a sheet25 of thin material, such as sheet steel, bentinto U shape and covered onthe outer face with hair or other stuffing material andwith the upholstering cloth 26. Thecloth 26 is fastened tothe sheet 25 by riveting,,sewing or in any convenient manner. Attached to the inside of the sheet 25, is a threaded pin 27: which passes through thehole 28 in the arm of the chair andcoacts with a nut 29, countersunk in the bottom of the arm, to lock the upholstery to the arm.

It Will be seen from the foregoing description that my invention obviates the use of bolts and screws such as were heretofore customarily employed in attaching upholstery, and it may be applied in connection with articles of furniture having upholstery of various kinds, such as velour, silk, leather, etc. Without danger, of injuring or marring the furniture or the upholstering material used; The upholstery may be made separately and in many setsof different materials, so that the furniture dealer will have in stock. a collection of: various kinds of upholstery/for the same articleof furniture and can apply to the furniture the particular kind of upholstery desired by the purchaser. Since the removable upholstery Which: is thesubject-matter of this application is not; cumbersome and can very easily, lee-protected from light and dust, the dealercan carry a large assortment for the purchaser to select from, and he will not be obliged tocarry in stock a large amount of furniture having permanent upholstery which will fade and become shop worn awaiting sale. Furthern'iore, the owner of furniture embodying my invention can at any time he desires, remove the uplmlstery from his furniture and replace it by other upholstery in a very short time and at comparatively small. expense.

It is evident that *arious changes might be resorted to in the construction, form and arrangement of the various parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly to the structure herein shown and described, but

hat I claim is:

1. An article of furniture having a frame provided with legs, a seat, a removable cover for said seat, a series of sockets in said frame, corner pieces, adjacent the legs. attached to the frame and spaced therefrom, a series of holes in the corner pieces and a series of hooks carried by said cover and adapted to enter the holes in the corner pieces and the sockets in the frame to fasten the cover to the frame.

2. An article of furniture having a frai'ne provided with legs, a seat, a ren'iovahlc cover for said seat, a series of sockets in said frame, corner pieces, adjacent the legs. at tached to the frame and spaced therefrom. a series of holes in the corner pieces, a series of hooks carried by said cover and adapted to enter the holes in the corner pieces and the sockets in the frame to fasten the cover to the frame, and sliding means interposed between said corner pieces and the frame to prevent the removal of said hooks.

In, testimony that I claim the foregoing as my, invention, I have signed my name this 25th day of January, 1917.

LOUIS COURTIAL.

Witnesses HI JLENE Mormnin, MARIN VACHON.

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